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Park DJ, Kang JB, Koh PO. Epigallocatechin gallate improves neuronal damage in animal model of ischemic stroke and glutamate-exposed neurons via modulation of hippocalcin expression. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0299042. [PMID: 38427657 PMCID: PMC10906901 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024] Open
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Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is a polyphenolic component of green tea that has anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory effects in neurons. Ischemic stroke is a major neurological disease that causes irreversible brain disorders. It increases the intracellular calcium concentration and induces apoptosis. The regulation of intracellular calcium concentration is important to maintain the function of the nervous system. Hippocalcin is a neuronal calcium sensor protein that controls intracellular calcium concentration. We investigated whether EGCG treatment regulates the expression of hippocalcin in stroke animal model and glutamate-induced neuronal damage. We performed middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) to induce cerebral ischemia. EGCG (50 mg/kg) or phosphate buffered saline was injected into the abdominal cavity just before MCAO surgery. The neurobehavioral tests were performed 24 h after MCAO surgery and cerebral cortex tissue was collected. MCAO damage induced severe neurobehavioral disorders, increased infarct volume, and decreased the expression of hippocalcin in the cerebral cortex. However, EGCG treatment improved these deficits and alleviated the decrease in hippocalcin expression in cerebral cortex. In addition, EGCG dose-dependently alleviated neuronal cell death and intracellular calcium overload in glutamate-exposed neurons. Glutamate exposure reduced hippocalcin expression, decreased Bcl-2 expression, and increased Bax expression. However, EGCG treatment mitigated these changes caused by glutamate toxicity. EGCG also attenuated the increase in caspase-3 and cleaved caspase-3 expressions caused by glutamate exposure. The effect of EGCG was more pronounced in non-transfected cells than in hippocalcin siRNA-transfected cells. These findings demonstrate that EGCG protects neurons against glutamate toxicity through the regulation of Bcl-2 family proteins and caspase-3. It is known that hippocalcin exerts anti-apoptotic effect through the modulation of apoptotic pathway. Thus, we can suggest evidence that EGCG has a neuroprotective effect by regulating hippocalcin expression in ischemic brain damage and glutamate-exposed cells.
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- Dong-Ju Park
- Department of Anatomy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea
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Features of the cytoprotective effect of selenium nanoparticles on primary cortical neurons and astrocytes during oxygen-glucose deprivation and reoxygenation. Sci Rep 2022; 12:1710. [PMID: 35110605 PMCID: PMC8810781 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-05674-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The study is aimed at elucidating the effect of selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) on the death of cells in the primary culture of mouse cerebral cortex during oxygen and glucose deprivation (OGD). A primary cell culture of the cerebral cortex containing neurons and astrocytes was subjected to OGD and reoxygenation to simulate cerebral ischemia-like conditions in vitro. To evaluate the neuroprotective effect of SeNPs, cortical astrocytes and neurons were incubated for 24 h with SeNPs, and then subjected to 2-h OGD, followed by 24-h reoxygenation. Vitality tests, fluorescence microscopy, and real-time PCR have shown that incubation of primary cultured neurons and astrocytes with SeNPs at concentrations of 2.5–10 µg/ml under physiological conditions has its own characteristics depending on the type of cells (astrocytes or neurons) and leads to a dose-dependent increase in apoptosis. At low concentration SeNPs (0.5 µg/ml), on the contrary, almost completely suppressed the processes of basic necrosis and apoptosis. Both high (5 µg/ml) and low (0.5 µg/ml) concentrations of SeNPs, added for 24 h to the cells of cerebral cortex, led to an increase in the expression level of genes Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, Socs3, while the expression of Bax was suppressed. Incubation of the cells with 0.5 µg/ml SeNPs led to a decrease in the expression of SelK and SelT. On the contrary, 5 µg/ml SeNPs caused an increase in the expression of SelK, SelN, SelT, SelP. In the ischemic model, after OGD/R, there was a significant death of brain cells by the type of necrosis and apoptosis. OGD/R also led to an increase in mRNA expression of the Bax, SelK, SelN, and SelT genes and suppression of the Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, Socs3, SelP genes. Pre-incubation of cell cultures with 0.5 and 2.5 µg/ml SeNPs led to almost complete inhibition of OGD/R-induced necrosis and greatly reduced apoptosis. Simultaneously with these processes we observed suppression of caspase-3 activation. We hypothesize that the mechanisms of the protective action of SeNPs involve the activation of signaling cascades recruiting nuclear factors Nrf2 and SOCS3/STAT3, as well as the activation of adaptive pathways of ESR signaling of stress arising during OGD and involving selenoproteins SelK and SelT, proteins of the Bcl-2 family ultimately leading to inactivation of caspase-3 and inhibition of apoptosis. Thus, our results demonstrate that SeNPs can act as neuroprotective agents in the treatment of ischemic brain injuries.
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Varlamova EG, Turovsky EA, Blinova EV. Therapeutic Potential and Main Methods of Obtaining Selenium Nanoparticles. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms221910808. [PMID: 34639150 PMCID: PMC8509153 DOI: 10.3390/ijms221910808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Revised: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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This review presents the latest data on the importance of selenium nanoparticles in human health, their use in medicine, and the main known methods of their production by various methods. In recent years, a multifaceted study of nanoscale complexes in medicine, including selenium nanoparticles, has become very important in view of a number of positive features that make it possible to create new drugs based on them or significantly improve the properties of existing drugs. It is known that selenium is an essential trace element that is part of key antioxidant enzymes. In mammals, there are 25 selenoproteins, in which selenium is a key component of the active site. The important role of selenium in human health has been repeatedly proven by several hundred works in the past few decades; in recent years, the study of selenium nanocomplexes has become the focus of researchers. A large amount of accumulated data requires generalization and systematization in order to improve understanding of the key mechanisms and prospects for the use of selenium nanoparticles in medicine, which is the purpose of this review.
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- Elena G. Varlamova
- Institute of Cell Biophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center “Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, 142290 Pushchino, Russia
- Correspondence: (E.G.V.); (E.A.T.)
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- Institute of Cell Biophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center “Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, 142290 Pushchino, Russia
- Correspondence: (E.G.V.); (E.A.T.)
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- Department of Clinical Anatomy and Operative Surgery, Department of Pharmacological Technology and Pharmacology, Sechenov University, 8/1 Trubetzkaya Street, 119991 Moscow, Russia;
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Ebokaiwe AP, Okori S, Nwankwo JO, Ejike CECC, Osawe SO. Selenium nanoparticles and metformin ameliorate streptozotocin-instigated brain oxidative-inflammatory stress and neurobehavioral alterations in rats. NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERG'S ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY 2021; 394:591-602. [PMID: 33064168 PMCID: PMC7561705 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-020-02000-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) are well reported to exhibit pharmacological activities both in vitro and in vivo. However, literature is devoid of studies on the impact of SeNPs and/or metformin (M) against streptozotocin (STZ)-mediated oxidative brain injury and behavioral impairment. Consequently, to fill this gap, diabetes was induced in male Wistar rats by feeding with 10% fructose solution for 2 weeks, followed by a single dose intraperitoneal injection of STZ (40 mg/kg body weight [bwt]). After rats were confirmed diabetic, they were treated orally with 0.1 mg/kg bwt of SeNPs ± M (50 mg/kg bwt), and normal control (NC) received citrate buffer (2 mg/mL) for 5 weeks. In comparison with the diabetic control (DC), SeNPs, and/or M significantly (p < 0.05) lowered blood glucose levels, but increased insulin secretion and pancreatic β-cell function. An increase in locomotor and motor activities evidenced by improved spontaneous alternation, locomotor frequency, hinding, and increased mobility time were observed in treated groups. In addition, there was enhanced brain antioxidant status with a lower acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity and oxidative-inflammatory stress biomarkers. A significant downregulation of caspase 3 and upregulation of parvalbumin and Nrf2 protein expressions was observed in treated groups. In some of the studied parameters, treated groups were statistically (p < 0.05) insignificant compared with the normal control (NC) group. Overall, co-treatment elicited more efficacy than that of the individual regimen.
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- Azubuike P Ebokaiwe
- Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, PMB 1010, Nigeria.
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Cross River University of Technology, Okuku Campus, Okuku, Cross River, Nigeria
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Abakaliki, PMB 1010, Nigeria
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Abakaliki, PMB 1010, Nigeria
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry Programme, KolaDaisi University, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
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Ji J, Hong X, Su L, Liu Z. Proteomic identification of hippocalcin and its protective role in heatstroke-induced hypothalamic injury in mice. J Cell Physiol 2018; 234:3775-3789. [PMID: 30256386 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.27143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Heatstroke is a devastating condition that is characterized by severe hyperthermia and central nervous system dysfunction. However, the mechanism of thermoregulatory center dysfunction of the hypothalamus in heatstroke is unclear. In this study, we established a heatstroke mouse model and a heat-stressed neuronal cellular model on the pheochromocytoma-12 (PC12) cell line. These models revealed that HS promoted obvious neuronal injury in the hypothalamus, with high pathological scores. In addition, PC12 cell apoptosis was evident by decreased cell viability, increased caspase-3 activity, and high apoptosis rates. Furthermore, 14 differentially expressed proteins in the hypothalamus were analyzed by fluorescence two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis and identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Expression changes in hippocalcin (HPAC), a downregulated neuron-specific calcium-binding protein, were confirmed in the hypothalamus of the heatstroke mice and heat-stressed PC12 cells by immunochemistry and western blot. Moreover, HPAC overexpression and HPAC-targeted small interfering RNA experiments revealed that HPAC functioned as an antiapoptotic protein in heat-stressed PC12 cells and hypothalamic injury. Lastly, ulinastatin (UTI), a cell-protective drug that is clinically used to treat patients with heatstroke, was used in vitro and in vivo to confirm the role of HPAC; UTI inhibited heat stress (HS)-induced downregulation of HPAC expression, protected hypothalamic neurons and PC12 cells from HS-induced apoptosis and increased heat tolerance in the heatstroke animals. In summary, our study has uncovered and demonstrated the protective role of HPAC in heatstroke-induced hypothalamic injury in mice.
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- Jingjing Ji
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou, China.,Departement of Pathophysiology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Graduate School, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou, China.,Key Laboratory of Hot Zone Trauma Care and Tissue Repair of PLA, General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou, China.,Key Laboratory of Hot Zone Trauma Care and Tissue Repair of PLA, General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou, China
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Park DJ, Koh PO. Diabetes aggravates decreases in hippocalcin and parvalbumin expression in focal cerebral ischemia. Neurosci Lett 2017; 662:189-194. [PMID: 29061397 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2017.10.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Revised: 09/27/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Hyperglycemia is a major risk factor for stroke and increases brain damage during ischemic stroke. Hyperglycemia increases the intracellular calcium concentration after ischemic injury, thereby triggering neuronal cell death. Calcium binding proteins, including hippocalcin and parvalbumin, are critical regulators of intracellular calcium levels. This study aimed to investigate whether hyperglycemic conditions affect hippocalcin and parvalbumin expression during ischemic brain injury. Male adult rats were treated intraperitoneally with streptozotocin (40mg/kg) to induce hyperglycemia. Four weeks later, cerebral ischemic injury was induced via surgical middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). Cerebral cortex samples were collected 24h after MCAO. A proteomic approach showed that the protein levels of hippocalcin and parvalbumin were significantly decreased in streptozotocin-treated animals with MCAO injury compared to streptozotocin-treated animals and animals that underwent MCAO alone. Reverse transcription-PCR and Western blot analyses clearly confirmed the decreased levels of these proteins. These decreases indicate dysregulation of the intracellular calcium balance and induction of cell death. Thus, these results suggest that significantly decreased levels of hippocalcin and parvalbumin exacerbate neuronal cell death in diabetic animals with ischemic brain injury.
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- Dong-Ju Park
- Department of Anatomy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, 501 Jinjudaero, Jinju 660-701, South Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, 501 Jinjudaero, Jinju 660-701, South Korea.
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Park SY, Yoon SN, Kang MJ, Lee Y, Jung SJ, Han JS. Hippocalcin Promotes Neuronal Differentiation and Inhibits Astrocytic Differentiation in Neural Stem Cells. Stem Cell Reports 2016; 8:95-111. [PMID: 28017654 PMCID: PMC5233403 DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2016.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Revised: 11/22/2016] [Accepted: 11/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Hippocalcin (HPCA) is a calcium-binding protein that is restricted to nervous tissue and contributes to neuronal activity. Here we report that, in addition to inducing neurogenesis, HPCA inhibits astrocytic differentiation of neural stem cells. It promotes neurogenesis by regulating protein kinase Cα (PKCα) activation by translocating to the membrane and binding to phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 (PDK1), which induces PKCα phosphorylation. We also found that phospholipase D1 (PLD1) is implicated in the HPCA-mediated neurogenesis pathway; this enzyme promotes dephosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3[Y705]), which is necessary for astrocytic differentiation. Moreover, we found that the SH2-domain-containing tyrosine phosphatase 1 (SHP-1) acts upstream of STAT3. Importantly, this SHP-1-dependent STAT3-inhibitory mechanism is closely involved in neurogenesis and suppression of gliogenesis by HPCA. Taken together, these observations suggest that HPCA promotes neuronal differentiation through activation of the PKCα/PLD1 cascade followed by activation of SHP-1, which dephosphorylates STAT3(Y705), leading to inhibition of astrocytic differentiation. Hippocalcin is required for neuronal differentiation in neural stem cells PKCα/PLD1 activation is required for hippocalcin-mediated neuronal differentiation Blocking of STAT3(Y705) activity by hippocalcin decreases astrocytic differentiation Hippocalcin promotes neurogenesis by inhibiting gliogenesis in neural stem cells
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- Shin-Young Park
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Research Institute, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Research Institute, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Research Institute, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Research Institute, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Research Institute, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea.
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Han L, Tian R, Yan H, Pei L, Hou Z, Hao S, Li YV, Tian Q, Liu B, Zhang Q. Hydrogen-rich water protects against ischemic brain injury in rats by regulating calcium buffering proteins. Brain Res 2015; 1615:129-138. [PMID: 25920370 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2015.04.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2015] [Revised: 04/16/2015] [Accepted: 04/20/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Hydrogen-rich water (HRW) has anti-oxidant activities, and it exerts neuroprotective effects during ischemia-reperfusion brain injury. Parvalbumin and hippocalcin are two calcium buffering proteins, which are involved in neuronal differentiation, maturation and apoptosis. The aim of this study was to investigate whether HRW could moderate parvalbumin and hippocalcin expression during ischemic brain injury and glutamate toxicity-induced neuronal cell death. Focal brain ischemia was induced in male Sprague-Dawley rats by middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). Rats were treated with H2O or HRW (6 ml/kg per rat) before and after MCAO, and cerebral cortical tissues were collected 1, 7 and 14 days after MCAO. Based on our results, HRW treatment was able to reduce brain infarct volume and improve neurological function following ischemic brain injury. In addition, HRW prevented the ischemia-induced reduction of parvalbumin and hippocalcin levels in vivo and also reduced the glutamate toxicity-induced death of neurons, including the dose-dependent reduction of glutamate toxicity-associated proteins in vitro. Moreover, HRW attenuated the glutamate toxicity-induced elevate in intracellular Ca(2+) levels. All these results suggest that HRW could protect against ischemic brain injury and that the maintenance of parvalbumin and hippocalcin levels by HRW during ischemic brain injury might contribute to the neuroprotective effects against neuron damage.
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- Li Han
- Department of Neurology, Liyuan Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430000, PR China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Tiantan Xili 6, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Ministry of Education, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430000, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430000, PR China; Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine, Institute for Brain Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430000, PR China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Tiantan Xili 6, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050, PR China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Tiantan Xili 6, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050, PR China
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, OH 45701, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine, Institute for Brain Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430000, PR China; Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of Neurological Diseases, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430000, PR China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Tiantan Xili 6, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050, PR China; Neurotrauma Laboratory, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, PR China.
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- Department of Neurology, Liyuan Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430000, PR China; Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine, Institute for Brain Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430000, PR China.
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Estradiol alleviates the ischemic brain injury-induced decrease of neuronal calcium sensor protein hippocalcin. Neurosci Lett 2014; 582:32-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.08.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2014] [Revised: 08/25/2014] [Accepted: 08/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Liebl MP, Kaya AM, Tenzer S, Mittenzwei R, Koziollek-Drechsler I, Schild H, Moosmann B, Behl C, Clement AM. Dimerization of visinin-like protein 1 is regulated by oxidative stress and calcium and is a pathological hallmark of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Free Radic Biol Med 2014; 72:41-54. [PMID: 24742816 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2014.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2014] [Revised: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 04/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Redox control of proteins that form disulfide bonds upon oxidative challenge is an emerging topic in the physiological and pathophysiological regulation of protein function. We have investigated the role of the neuronal calcium sensor protein visinin-like protein 1 (VILIP-1) as a novel redox sensor in a cellular system. We have found oxidative stress to trigger dimerization of VILIP-1 within a cellular environment and identified thioredoxin reductase as responsible for facilitating the remonomerization of the dimeric protein. Dimerization is modulated by calcium and not dependent on the myristoylation of VILIP-1. Furthermore, we show by site-directed mutagenesis that dimerization is exclusively mediated by Cys187. As a functional consequence, VILIP-1 dimerization modulates the sensitivity of cells to an oxidative challenge. We have investigated whether dimerization of VILIP-1 occurs in two different animal models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and detected soluble VILIP-1 dimers to be significantly enriched in the spinal cord from phenotypic disease onset onwards. Moreover, VILIP-1 is part of the ALS-specific protein aggregates. We show for the first time that the C-terminus of VILIP-1, containing Cys187, might represent a novel redox-sensitive motif and that VILIP-1 dimerization and aggregation are hallmarks of ALS. This suggests that VILIP-1 dimers play a functional role in integrating the cytosolic calcium concentration and the oxidative status of the cell. Furthermore, a loss of VILIP-1 function owing to protein aggregation in ALS could be relevant in the pathophysiology of the disease.
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- Martina P Liebl
- Institute for Pathobiochemistry, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute for Pathobiochemistry, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute for Pathobiochemistry, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute for Pathobiochemistry, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute for Pathobiochemistry, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute for Pathobiochemistry, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute for Pathobiochemistry, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, D-55099 Mainz, Germany.
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Recent updates on drug abuse analyzed by neuroproteomics studies: Cocaine, Methamphetamine and MDMA. TRANSLATIONAL PROTEOMICS 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trprot.2014.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Koh PO. Nicotinamide attenuates the injury-induced decrease of hippocalcin in ischemic brain injury. Neurosci Lett 2013; 545:6-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2012] [Revised: 04/01/2013] [Accepted: 04/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Melatonin has anti-oxidant activity and it exerts a neuroprotective effects during ischemic brain injury. Calcium-buffering proteins including parvalbumin and hippocalcin are involved in neuronal differentiation and maturation through calcium signaling. This study investigated whether melatonin moderates parvalbumin and hippocalcin expression in cerebral ischemia and glutamate toxicity-induced neuronal cell death. Focal cerebral ischemia was induced by middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). Male Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with vehicle or melatonin (5 mg/kg) prior to MCAO, and cerebral cortical tissues were collected 24 hr after MCAO. Parvalbumin and hippocalcin levels were decreased in vehicle-treated animal with MCAO, whereas melatonin prevented the ischemic injury-induced reduction in these proteins. In cultured hippocampal cells, glutamate toxicity decreased parvalbumin and hippocalcin levels, while melatonin treatment prevented the glutamate exposure-induced diminished in these proteins levels. Melatonin also attenuated the glutamate toxicity-induced increase in intracellular Ca(2+) levels. These results suggest that the maintenance of parvalbumin and hippocalcin levels by melatonin in ischemic injury contributes to the neuroprotective effect of melatonin against neuronal cell damage.
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- Phil-Ok Koh
- Department of Anatomy, College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea.
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Raghuram V, Sharma Y, Kreutz MR. Ca(2+) sensor proteins in dendritic spines: a race for Ca(2+). Front Mol Neurosci 2012; 5:61. [PMID: 22586368 PMCID: PMC3347464 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2012.00061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2012] [Accepted: 04/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Dendritic spines are believed to be micro-compartments of Ca2+ regulation. In a recent study, it was suggested that the ubiquitous and evolutionarily conserved Ca2+ sensor, calmodulin (CaM), is the first to intercept Ca2+ entering the spine and might be responsible for the fast decay of Ca2+ transients in spines. Neuronal calcium sensor (NCS) and neuronal calcium-binding protein (nCaBP) families consist of Ca2+ sensors with largely unknown synaptic functions despite an increasing number of interaction partners. Particularly how these sensors operate in spines in the presence of CaM has not been discussed in detail before. The limited Ca2+ resources and the existence of common targets create a highly competitive environment where Ca2+ sensors compete with each other for Ca2+ and target binding. In this review, we take a simple numerical approach to put forth possible scenarios and their impact on signaling via Ca2+ sensors of the NCS and nCaBP families. We also discuss the ways in which spine geometry and properties of ion channels, their kinetics and distribution, alter the spatio-temporal aspects of Ca2+ transients in dendritic spines, whose interplay with Ca2+ sensors in turn influences the race for Ca2+.
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- Vijeta Raghuram
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, CSIR Hyderabad, India
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Braunewell KH. The visinin-like proteins VILIP-1 and VILIP-3 in Alzheimer's disease-old wine in new bottles. Front Mol Neurosci 2012; 5:20. [PMID: 22375104 PMCID: PMC3284765 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2012.00020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2012] [Accepted: 02/09/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The neuronal Ca2+-sensor (NCS) proteins VILIP-1 and VILIP-3 have been implicated in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) show association of genetic variants of VILIP-1 (VSNL1) and VILIP-3 (HPCAL1) with AD+P (+psychosis) and late onset AD (LOAD), respectively. In AD brains the expression of VILIP-1 and VILIP-3 protein and mRNA is down-regulated in cortical and limbic areas. In the hippocampus, for instance, reduced VILIP-1 mRNA levels correlate with the content of neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) and amyloid plaques, the pathological characteristics of AD, and with the mini mental state exam (MMSE), a test for cognitive impairment. More recently, VILIP-1 was evaluated as a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarker and a prognostic marker for cognitive decline in AD. In CSF increased VILIP-1 levels correlate with levels of Aβ, tau, ApoE4, and reduced MMSE scores. These findings tie in with previous results showing that VILIP-1 is involved in pathological mechanisms of altered Ca2+-homeostasis leading to neuronal loss. In PC12 cells, depending on co-expression with the neuroprotective Ca2+-buffer calbindin D28K, VILIP-1 enhanced tau phosphorylation and cell death. On the other hand, VILIP-1 affects processes, such as cyclic nucleotide signaling and dendritic growth, as well as nicotinergic modulation of neuronal network activity, both of which regulate synaptic plasticity and cognition. Similar to VILIP-1, its interaction partner α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) is severely reduced in AD, causing severe cognitive deficits. Comparatively little is known about VILIP-3, but its interaction with cytochrome b5, which is part of an antioxidative system impaired in AD, hint toward a role in neuroprotection. A current hypothesis is that the reduced expression of visinin-like protein (VSNLs) in AD is caused by selective vulnerability of subpopulations of neurons, leading to the death of these VILIP-1-expressing neurons, explaining its increased CSF levels. While the Ca2+-sensor appears to be a good biomarker for the detrimental effects of Aβ in AD, its early, possibly Aβ-induced, down-regulation of expression may additionally attenuate neuronal signal pathways regulating the functions of dendrites and neuroplasticity, and as a consequence, this may contribute to cognitive decline in early AD.
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- Karl H Braunewell
- Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Laboratory, Department Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southern Research Institute, Birmingham AL, USA
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Dovgan AV, Cherkas VP, Stepanyuk AR, Fitzgerald DJ, Haynes LP, Tepikin AV, Burgoyne RD, Belan PV. Decoding glutamate receptor activation by the Ca2+ sensor protein hippocalcin in rat hippocampal neurons. Eur J Neurosci 2010; 32:347-58. [PMID: 20704590 PMCID: PMC3069492 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07303.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Hippocalcin is a Ca2+-binding protein that belongs to a family of neuronal Ca2+sensors and is a key mediator of many cellular functions including synaptic plasticity and learning. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in hippocalcin signalling remain illusive. Here we studied whether glutamate receptor activation induced by locally applied or synaptically released glutamate can be decoded by hippocalcin translocation. Local AMPA receptor activation resulted in fast hippocalcin-YFP translocation to specific sites within a dendritic tree mainly due to AMPA receptor-dependent depolarization and following Ca2+influx via voltage-operated calcium channels. Short local NMDA receptor activation induced fast hippocalcin-YFP translocation in a dendritic shaft at the application site due to direct Ca2+influx via NMDA receptor channels. Intrinsic network bursting produced hippocalcin-YFP translocation to a set of dendritic spines when they were subjected to several successive synaptic vesicle releases during a given burst whereas no translocation to spines was observed in response to a single synaptic vesicle release and to back-propagating action potentials. The translocation to spines required Ca2+influx via synaptic NMDA receptors in which Mg2+ block is relieved by postsynaptic depolarization. This synaptic translocation was restricted to spine heads and even closely (within 1–2 μm) located spines on the same dendritic branch signalled independently. Thus, we conclude that hippocalcin may differentially decode various spatiotemporal patterns of glutamate receptor activation into site- and time-specific translocation to its targets. Hippocalcin also possesses an ability to produce local signalling at the single synaptic level providing a molecular mechanism for homosynaptic plasticity.
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- A V Dovgan
- Department of General Physiology of the Nervous System, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev, Ukraine
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Rudinskiy N, Kaneko YA, Beesen AA, Gokce O, Régulier E, Déglon N, Luthi-Carter R. Diminished hippocalcin expression in Huntington's disease brain does not account for increased striatal neuron vulnerability as assessed in primary neurons. J Neurochem 2009; 111:460-72. [PMID: 19686238 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06344.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hippocalcin is a neuronal calcium sensor protein previously implicated in regulating neuronal viability and plasticity. Hippocalcin is the most highly expressed neuronal calcium sensor in the medium spiny striatal output neurons that degenerate selectively in Huntington's disease (HD). We have previously shown that decreased hippocalcin expression occurs in parallel with the onset of disease phenotype in mouse models of HD. Here we show by in situ hybridization histochemistry that hippocalcin RNA is also diminished by 63% in human HD brain. These findings lead us to hypothesize that diminished hippocalcin expression might contribute to striatal neurodegeneration in HD. We tested this hypothesis by assessing whether restoration of hippocalcin expression would decrease striatal neurodegeneration in cellular models of HD comprising primary striatal neurons exposed to mutant huntingtin, the mitochondrial toxin 3-nitropropionic acid or an excitotoxic concentration of glutamate. Counter to our hypothesis, hippocalcin expression did not improve the survival of striatal neurons under these conditions. Likewise, expression of hippocalcin together with interactor proteins including the neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein did not increase the survival of striatal cells in cellular models of HD. These results indicate that diminished hippocalcin expression does not contribute to HD-related neurodegeneration.
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- Nikita Rudinskiy
- Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Sung JH, Cho EH, Kim MO, Koh PO. Identification of proteins differentially expressed by melatonin treatment in cerebral ischemic injury--a proteomics approach. J Pineal Res 2009; 46:300-6. [PMID: 19196433 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079x.2008.00661.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We previously reported that melatonin protects neuronal cells against ischemic brain damage. In this study, we identified proteins that were differentially expressed by melatonin treatment during ischemic brain injury. Rats were subjected to cerebral ischemia by middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). Adult male rats were treated with melatonin (5 mg/kg) or vehicle prior to MCAO and brains were collected at 24 hr after MCAO. Proteins derived from the cerebral cortex were analyzed using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Protein spots with a greater than 2.5-fold change in intensity were identified by mass spectrometry. Among these proteins, gamma-enolase, stathmin, thioredoxin, peroxiredoxin-6, hippocalcin, protein phosphatase 2A, adenosylhomocysteinase, ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1, and NAD-specific isocitrate dehydrogenase subunit alpha were significantly decreased in the vehicle-treated group in comparison to the melatonin-treated group. The identified proteins consist of cell differentiation and stabilization proteins, as well as an antioxidant enzyme. In contrast, dehydroprimidinase-related protein 2 (DRP-2), a target of protein oxidation in neurodegeneration, was significantly increased in vehicle-treated animals, while melatonin prevented the injury-induced increase of DRP-2. Thus, the results of this study suggest that melatonin prevents cell death resulting from ischemic brain injury and that its neuroprotective effects are mediated by both the up- and down-regulation of various proteins.
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- Jin-Hee Sung
- Department of Anatomy, College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea
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Visinin-like proteins (VSNLs): interaction partners and emerging functions in signal transduction of a subfamily of neuronal Ca2+ -sensor proteins. Cell Tissue Res 2008; 335:301-16. [PMID: 18989702 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-008-0716-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2008] [Accepted: 09/29/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The visinin-like protein (VSNL) subfamily, including VILIP-1 (the founder protein), VILIP-2, VILIP-3, hippocalcin, and neurocalcin delta, constitute a highly homologous subfamily of neuronal calcium sensor (NCS) proteins. Comparative studies have shown that VSNLs are expressed predominantly in the brain with restricted expression patterns in various subsets of neurons but are also found in peripheral organs. In addition, the proteins display differences in their calcium affinities, in their membrane-binding kinetics, and in the intracellular targets to which they associate after calcium binding. Even though the proteins use a similar calcium-myristoyl switch mechanism to translocate to cellular membranes, they show calcium-dependent localization to various subcellular compartments when expressed in the same neuron. These distinct calcium-myristoyl switch properties might be explained by specificity for defined phospholipids and membrane-bound targets; this enables VSNLs to modulate various cellular signal transduction pathways, including cyclic nucleotide and MAPK signaling. An emerging theme is the direct or indirect effect of VSNLs on gene expression and their interaction with components of membrane trafficking complexes, with a possible role in membrane trafficking of different receptors and ion channels, such as glutamate receptors of the kainate and AMPA subtype, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, and Ca(2+)-channels. One hypothesis is that the highly homologous VSNLs have evolved to fulfil specialized functions in membrane trafficking and thereby affect neuronal signaling and differentiation in defined subsets of neurons. VSNLs are involved in differentiation processes showing a tumor-invasion-suppressor function in peripheral organs. Finally, VSNLs play neuroprotective and neurotoxic roles and have been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases.
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Oh DY, Cho JH, Park SY, Kim YS, Yoon YJ, Yoon SH, Chung KC, Lee KS, Han JS. A novel role of hippocalcin in bFGF-induced neurite outgrowth of H19-7 cells. J Neurosci Res 2008; 86:1557-65. [PMID: 18183620 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Hippocalcin is a Ca2+-binding protein that is expressed mainly in pyramidal nerve cells of the hippocampus. However, its functions and mechanism in the brain remain unclear. To elucidate the role of hippocalcin, we used a conditionally immortalized hippocampal cell line (H19-7) and showed that bFGF treatment increased the expression of hippocalcin during bFGF-induced neurite outgrowth of H19-7 cells. Overexpression of hippocalcin dramatically elongated neurites and increased the expression of basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, that is, NeuroD without bFGF stimulation. Treatment of the cells with hippocalcin siRNA completely blocked bFGF-induced neurite outgrowth and NeuroD expression. bFGF stimulation resulted in activation of phospholipase C-gamma (PLC-gamma) and an increased level of intracellular Ca2+. Hippocalcin expression by bFGF stimulation was fully blocked by both the PLC-gamma inhibitor U73122 and BAPTA-AM, a chelator of intracellular Ca2+, suggesting that hippocalcin expression by bFGF is dependent on PLC-gamma and Ca2+. Moreover, both U73122 and BAPTA-AM completely blocked bFGF-induced neurite outgrowth and NeuroD expression. Taken together, these results suggest for the first time that bFGF induces hippocalcin expression in H19-7 cells through PLC-gamma activation, which leads to neurite outgrowth.
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- Doo-Yi Oh
- Institute of Biomedical Science and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
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Masuo Y, Ogura A, Kobayashi M, Masaki T, Furuta Y, Ono T, Takamatsu K. Hippocalcin protects hippocampal neurons against excitotoxin damage by enhancing calcium extrusion. Neuroscience 2006; 145:495-504. [PMID: 17257765 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2006] [Revised: 11/20/2006] [Accepted: 12/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hippocalcin, which is a member of the neuronal calcium-sensor protein family, is highly expressed in hippocampal pyramidal cells. Recently, it was demonstrated that hippocalcin deficit caused an increase in neuronal cell death in the field CA3 of Ammon's horn (CA3) region of the hippocampus following the systemic injection of kainic acid. Treatment with kainic acid results in seizure-induced cell death in CA3. In the present study, we injected quinolinic acid, which is an N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor agonist, into the hippocampal field CA1 of Ammon's horn (CA1) region in hippocalcin-knockout (-/-) mice, a procedure which mimics transient ischemia. Although significant pyknotic changes were observed at the injected site in wild-type (+/+) mice 24 h after injection, the area of pyknotic cells extended throughout the hippocampus in -/- mice. The quantification of cell numbers in Nissl-stained sections indicated that the cell damage in -/- mice was more severe than that in +/+ mice. The density of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate-biotin nick-end labeling-positive cells roughly paralleled that of Nissl-stained pyknotic cells. Primary cultures of hippocampal neurons showed that the number of surviving neurons from -/- mice after 7 days in culture was smaller than the number from +/+ mice. The measurement of intracellular calcium concentrations in single cells revealed that the calcium extrusion from -/- neurons was slower than that from +/+ neurons. The involvement of hippocalcin in the upkeep of calcium extrusion was confirmed using hippocalcin-expressing COS7 cells. These results suggest that hippocalcin plays an important role in calcium extrusion from neurons and, in turn, helps to protect them against calcium-dependent excitotoxin damage in the hippocampus.
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- Y Masuo
- Department of Physiology, Toho University School of Medicine, 5-21-16 Ohmori-nishi, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 143-8540, Japan.
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Oh DY, Yon C, Oh KJ, Lee KS, Han JS. Hippocalcin increases phospholipase D2 expression through extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation and lysophosphatidic acid potentiates the hippocalcin-induced phospholipase D2 expression. J Cell Biochem 2006; 97:1052-65. [PMID: 16294323 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.20665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We have previously isolated a 22 kDa protein from a rat brain which was found to be involved in activating phospholipsae D (PLD), and identified the protein as hippocalcin through sequence analysis. Nevertheless, the function of hippocalcin for PLD activation still remains to be resolved. Here, we proposed that hippocalcin was involved in extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)-mediated PLD2 expression. To elucidate a role of hippocalcin, we made hippocalcin transfected NIH3T3 cells and showed that the expression of PLD2 and basal PLD activity were increased in hippocalcin transfected cells. We performed PLD assay with dominant negative PLD2 (DN-PLD2) and hippocalcin co-transfected cells. DN-PLD2 suppressed increase of basal PLD activity in hippocalcin transfected cells, suggesting that increased basal PLD activity is due to PLD2 over-expression. Hippocalcin is a Ca2+-binding protein, which is expressed mainly in the hippocampus. Since it is known that lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) increases intracellular Ca2+, we investigated the possible role of hippocalcin in the LPA-induced elevation of intracellular Ca2+. When the intracellular Ca2+ level was increased by LPA, hippocalcin was translocated to the membrane after LPA treatment in hippocalcin transfected cells. In addition, treatment with LPA in hippocalcin transfected cells markedly potentiated PLD2 expression and showed morphological changes of cell shape suggesting that increased PLD2 expression acts as one of the major factors to cause change of cell shape by making altered membrane lipid composition. Hippocalcin-induced PLD2 expression potentiated by LPA in hippocalcin transfected cells was inhibited by a PI-PLC inhibitor, U73122 and a chelator of intracellular Ca2+, BAPTA-AM suggesting that activation of hippocalcin caused by increased intracellular Ca2+ is important to induce over-expression of PLD2. However, downregulation of PKC and treatment of a chelator of extracellular Ca2+, EGTA had little or no effect on the inhibition of hippocalcin-induced PLD2 expression potentiated by LPA in the hippocalcin transfected cells. Interestingly, when we over-express hippocalcin, ERK was activated, and treatment with LPA in hippocalcin transfected cells significantly potentiated ERK activation. Specific inhibition of ERK dramatically abolished hippocalcin-induced PLD2 expression. Taken together, these results suggest for the first time that hippocalcin can induce PLD2 expression and LPA potentiates hippocalcin-induced PLD2 expression, which is mediated by ERK activation.
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- Doo-Yi Oh
- Institute of Biomedical Science and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-Dong, Seoul 133-791, Korea
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Fortier A, Diez E, Gros P. Naip5/Birc1e and susceptibility to Legionella pneumophila. Trends Microbiol 2005; 13:328-35. [PMID: 15935674 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2005.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2005] [Revised: 04/22/2005] [Accepted: 05/17/2005] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Genetic analysis in mice is a powerful approach for the identification of genes and proteins that have a key role at the interface of the host-pathogen interaction. The Lgn1 locus has been found to control the intracellular replication of Legionella pneumophila in murine macrophages. Using functional complementation in transgenic mice, the Naip5/Birc1e gene has been identified as responsible for the Lgn1 effect. The classification of Naip5/Birc1e as a member of the NLR protein family suggests that Naip5/Birc1e acts as an intracellular sensor of L. pneumophila. The nature of the signal transduced by Naip5/Birc1e in response to Legionella products is of great interest but is currently unknown. Here, several possible scenarios are presented.
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- Anne Fortier
- Department of Biochemistry and Center for the Study of Host Resistance, McGill University, 3655 Sir William Osler Promenade, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G 1Y6
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Korhonen L, Hansson I, Kukkonen JP, Brännvall K, Kobayashi M, Takamatsu K, Lindholm D. Hippocalcin protects against caspase-12-induced and age-dependent neuronal degeneration. Mol Cell Neurosci 2005; 28:85-95. [PMID: 15607944 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2004.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2004] [Accepted: 08/26/2004] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Hippocalcin is a neuronal calcium binding protein, but its physiological function in brain is unknown. We show here that hippocampal neurons from hippocalcin-deficient mice are more vulnerable to degeneration, particularly using thapsigargin, elevating intracellular calcium. Caspase-12 was activated in neurons lacking hippocalcin, while calpain was unchanged. Neuronal viability was accompanied by endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and a change in the relative induction of the ER chaperone, BiP/GRP78. Neuronal apoptosis inhibitor protein (NAIP), known to interact with hippocalcin, was not altered, but hippocampal neurons from gene-deleted mice were more sensitive to excitotoxicity caused by kainic acid. In addition, an age-dependent increase in neurodegeneration occurred in the gene-deleted mice, showing that hippocalcin contributes to neuronal viability during aging.
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- Laura Korhonen
- Department of Neuroscience, Unit of Neurobiology, Uppsala University, Biomedical Centre, S-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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D Burgoyne R. The neuronal calcium-sensor proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2004; 1742:59-68. [PMID: 15590056 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2004.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2004] [Accepted: 08/16/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Changes in intracellular free Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) affect many different aspects of neuronal function ranging from millisecond regulation of ion channels to long term changes in gene expression. These effects of Ca(2+) are transduced by Ca(2+)-binding proteins that act as Ca(2+) sensors by binding Ca(2+), undergoing a conformational change and then modifying the function of additional target proteins. Mammalian species express 14 members of the neuronal calcium sensor (NCS) family of EF hand-containing Ca(2+)-binding proteins which are expressed mainly in photoreceptor cells or neurons. Many of the NCS proteins are membrane targeted through their N-terminal myristoylation either constitutively or following exposure of the myristoyl group after Ca(2+) binding (the Ca(2+)/myristoyl switch). The NCS proteins have been implicated in a wide range of functional roles in neuronal regulation, several of which have been confirmed though molecular genetic analyses.
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- Robert D Burgoyne
- The Physiological Laboratory, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK
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Wang X, Zhu C, Wang X, Hagberg H, Korhonen L, Sandberg M, Lindholm D, Blomgren K. X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) protein protects against caspase activation and tissue loss after neonatal hypoxia–ischemia. Neurobiol Dis 2004; 16:179-89. [PMID: 15207275 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2004.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2003] [Revised: 01/19/2004] [Accepted: 01/26/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nine-day-old transgenic XIAP overexpressing (TG-XIAP) and wild-type mice were subjected to left carotid artery ligation and 10% O(2) for 60 min, leading to widespread infarctions in the ipsilateral hemisphere during reperfusion. The activation of caspase-3 and -9 seen in wild-type animals was virtually abolished in TG-XIAP mice. Tissue loss was significantly reduced from 54.4 +/- 4.1 mm(3) (mean +/- SEM) in wild-type mice to 33.1 +/- 2.1 mm(3) in the TG-XIAP mice. Injured neurons displayed stronger XIAP staining during reperfusion, particularly in the nuclei. XIAP was colocalized with XAF-1, Smac, and HtrA2 in injured neurons after hypoxia-ischemia (HI). XIAP was cleaved after HI, and Smac immunoprecipitation co-precipitated a 25-kDa C-terminal fragment of XIAP, indicating that Smac preferentially bound to cleaved XIAP. These findings provide the first evidence that increased XIAP levels protect the neonatal brain against HI.
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- Xiaoyang Wang
- Department of Neuroscience, Neurobiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SE 751 23, Sweden
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O'Callaghan DW, Tepikin AV, Burgoyne RD. Dynamics and calcium sensitivity of the Ca2+/myristoyl switch protein hippocalcin in living cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 163:715-21. [PMID: 14638856 PMCID: PMC2173692 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200306042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hippocalcin is a neuronal calcium sensor protein that possesses a Ca2+/myristoyl switch allowing it to translocate to membranes. Translocation of hippocalcin in response to increased cytosolic [Ca2+] was examined in HeLa cells expressing hippocalcin–enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (EYFP) to determine the dynamics and Ca2+ affinity of the Ca2+/myristoyl switch in living cells. Ca2+-free hippocalcin was freely diffusible, as shown by photobleaching and use of a photoactivable GFP construct. The translocation was dependent on binding of Ca2+ by EF-hands 2 and 3. Using photolysis of NP-EGTA, the maximal kinetics of translocation was determined (t1/2 = 0.9 s), and this was consistent with a diffusion driven process. Low intensity photolysis of NP-EGTA produced a slow [Ca2+] ramp and revealed that translocation of hippocalcin–EYFP initiated at around 180 nM and was half maximal at 290 nM. Histamine induced a reversible translocation of hippocalcin–EYFP. The data show that hippocalcin is a sensitive Ca2+ sensor capable of responding to increases in intracellular Ca2+ concentration over the narrow dynamic range of 200–800 nM free Ca2+.
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